Montana State University Northern - Northerner Yearbook (Havre, MT)

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DR. L. O. BROCKMANN

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PRESIDE T'S MESSAGE BUILDING AND GROWING This year's annual features many of the new buildings on the campus including those that are under construction. Buildings in which students can work and have their recreation are vitally important. In a sense, students and building should grow together, for as Edward Markham, an American poet observes: Why build these cities glorious If man unbuilded goes? ' In vain we build the world Q Unless the builder also grow. In our recognition of the importance of buildings for schools and colleges, we must never forget that human beings occupy these buildings and that buildings and grounds are primarily for the purpose of im- proving the conditions that surround learning. ' College buildings should in a way reflect the values emphasized in the culture of which they are a part. Thus our deep appreciation of freedom in America means, in terms of building, space for living and studying. Therefore, some classrooms should be large, some small. Rooms need to be made avail- able for creative work in art, music, and other fields. In planning school buildings of the future, architects, builders, and planners ought to include some relatively small laboratories for individual experimentation, studying, thinking, or meditating, if we are to give recognition to another principle--that individuals in America are unique and different. Beauty, in terms of buildings, creates the feeling of visual delight on our campus. This is illustrated especially by the new Student Union, the Armory-Gymnasium, the new dormitory for men, the Kuhr Memorial, and the general overall plan of the campus as it is evolving. Taking the Kuhr Memorial as an example, this touch of beauty on our campus symbolizes the need for water in the plains region, the animals that used to frequent this area, and the appreciation which the Indians who lived here had for rain, typified by the Indian standing on the horse with his hands uplifted welcoming the rain. The seats adjacent to the pool make it possible for people to sit, think, or meditate and appreciate this spot of beauty on our campus. We here at Northern are striving to illustrate that in America our people do appreciate things of beauty and that one can find beauty in many things if one will but observe and think about the matter. Fine buildings, well-designed, reflect, too, another value important to all of us, namely, that we are interested in giving primacy to the human and spiritual rather than the material values of life and to build for the best human relations possible. Admittedly, there is much conflict in our day-to-day living in our society, but good physical surroundings tend to keep the tensions down to manageable proportions. Our value system in America includes the search for truth. Here again we must find answers to such questions as, What is the best type of structure for this Northern Great Plains region in which we live? How do we build defenses against extremes of temperature or wind? I am sure answers can be found even though it takes a little time. For example, during the drought of the thirties, we found the answer to soil conservation in this area through strip farming, dams, and ponds. We will find it too in more adequate and well -designed buildings for this region. Beautiful buildings,grass, and trees do lend an atmosphere which helps to produce high-quality learn- ing. Whena campus creates a total picture of visual delight, students and faculty alike find the search for truth a little more stimulating. These values, these buildings, important as they are, mean very little if human beings who study and work in them do not get the vision that this nation, under God, can steadily move forward to a great and noble life. fit 5